Brewer X Alternatives

Brewer X is described as 'Refreshing user interface for Homebrew. Manage your apps, scripts, and fonts with ease and dive into the most comprehensive software library for macOS' and is a Package Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Brewer X for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Homebrew, Linux, Flatpak and Go (Programming Language) apps. The best Brewer X alternative is Homebrew, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Brewer X are Updatest, WailBrew, CaskHub and Homebrew Cask.

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  1. Flattool icon

    Flattool

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    Flattool is a command line script designed to improve user experience with flatpaks. It streamlines flatpak management tasks, making them more efficient and user-friendly.

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    • Linux
    • Flatpak
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  2. Taphouse icon

    Taphouse

     2 likes

    Native macOS GUI for Homebrew. Browse, search, install, and manage packages, casks, services, and taps with a beautiful interface.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • GR flagGreece
    • European Union flagEU
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  4. nanobrew icon

    nanobrew

     2 likes

    A fast package manager for macOS and Linux. Written in Zig. Uses Homebrew's bottles and formulas under the hood, plus native .deb support for Docker containers.

    54 nanobrew alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Docker
    • US flagUnited States
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    Setapp

    Setapp is a unified marketplace for Mac and iPhone users to discover hand-picked, trusted apps. Users can access apps in two ways:

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    MacPorts

     26 likes

    The MacPorts Project is an opensource package management system that simplifies compiling, installing, upgrading, and removal of other open-source software on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and later, running on Intel or Apple Silicon.

    37 MacPorts alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • US flagUnited States
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  7. Cork icon

    Cork

     6 likes

    Cork is not just an interface for Homebrew. It has many features that are either very hard to accomplish using Homebrew alone, or straight-up not possible.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    Cork screenshot 1
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    zerobrew

     1 like

    A 5-20x faster experimental Homebrew alternative.

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • US flagUnited States
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  10. McBrew icon

    McBrew

     3 likes

    A fast GUI for Homebrew written in SwiftUI. This is my personal spin on the awesome version from buresdv. Adding in features and redesigning the look to fit more of my needs. Also using this as a learning opportunity for Swift as I'm new to it.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • RO flagRomania
    • European Union flagEU
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  11. Fink icon

    Fink

     8 likes

    What is Fink?

    Fink is a project that wants to bring the full world of Unix Open Source software to Darwin and Mac OS X. As a result, we have two main goals. First, to modify existing Open Source software so that it will compile and run on Mac OS X. (This process is called portin.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  12. Cakebrewjs icon

    Cakebrewjs

     1 like

    Download Cakebrewjs for free. Homebrew GUI App written in electron. brew GUI, Possible to install using:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  13. Kelp icon

    Kelp

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    A simple replacement for homebrew for installing binary packages on macOS written in Go.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU
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